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S. 71 118th Congress Senate

Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023

Official title: A bill to extend the customs waters of the United States from 12 nautical miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States, consistent with Presidential Proclamation 7219.

Introduced: January 25, 2023 Introduced by: Rick Scott Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 25, 2023
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 Latest action January 25, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023

This bill extends the customs waters territory of the United States.

Under current law, customs waters means waters within four leagues of the coast of the United States. This bill revises the definition to include (1) the territorial sea of the United States to the limits permitted by international law in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 5928, dated December 27, 1988, that extended such limits to 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States; and (2) the contiguous zone of the United States to the limits permitted by international law in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7219, dated September 2, 1999, that extended such limits to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 529 Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jun 11, 2024
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jan 25, 2023
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Jan 25, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 71: Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-71/
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"S. 71: Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-71/.
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